Question

My use case is I want to initialize some functions in a file and then start up IPython with those functions defined. Is there a way to do something like this?

ipython --run_script=myscript.py

Answer 1

Per the docs, it’s trivial:

You start IPython with the command:

$ ipython [options] files

If invoked with no options, it
executes all the files listed in
sequence and drops you into the
interpreter while still acknowledging
any options you may have set in your
ipythonrc file. This behavior is
different from standard Python, which
when called as python -i will only
execute one file and ignore your
configuration setup.

So, just use ipython myfile.py… and there you are!-)